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New York City Will Stop Giving Debit Cards to Migrants
Mayor Eric Adams is ending a contentious pilot program that gave 2,600 migrant families debit cards to purchase food.
NYC ending controversial debit card program for migrants
New York City will end its controversial debit card program for migrants. Under the pilot program, migrants staying in city-funded hotels received pre-paid cards to buy their own food and other necessities.
NYC ending migrant debit card program
New York City has announced that it will end its program that gave prepaid debit cards to migrant families. "Through the immediate response cards pilot program, we were able to reduce food waste, redirect millions of dollars to our local economy,
NYC to end controversial program supplying migrants with prepaid debit cards
Mayor Eric Adams is ending his administration’s controversial program supplying migrants in city shelters with prepaid debit cards to pay for groceries. The pilot program distributed the preloaded Mastercards to asylum seekers at hotels-turned-shelters with a family of four receiving about $350 a week to cover the cost of groceries and baby supplies.
NYC to end controversial debit card program for migrants, City Hall says
The Adams administration has touted the pilot program as a cost-saving measure and a way to limit food waste, while conservatives have criticized it as vulnerable to misuse.

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